Nimrat Chatterjee on Mythryl: “Super cool work from the McVey Lab!”

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Super cool work from the McVey Lab!

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We teamed with Jim Crott's lab at BU to show that administration of freeze-dried Parabacteroides distasonis extends Drosophila mean lifespan by preventing leaky guts. How? Maybe hormesis. A fun collaboration that features the work of 8 Tufts undergraduates! www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...

aginganddisease.orgLifelong Consumption of Freeze-Dried Parabacteroides Distasonis Improves Gut Barrier Integrity and Extends Lifespan and Health Span in Drosophila Melanogaster.Chronic inflammation has been shown to be associated with aging. In Drosophila melanogaster, age-related inflammation in the gut results in a disruption of gut barrier integrity, which can l...

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